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Orlan
ORLAN (born as Mireille Suzanne Francette Porte) is French performance artist, most known for her radical use of plastic surgery to form her work. She uses her face and body as a malleable tool to change her appearance and therefore change her art. Orlan uses her body at the heart of her expression, to articulate her political, social and cultural beliefs. Due to suffering an ectopic pregnancy, she chose to turn her body into artwork through the use of plastic surgery.

One of her most notable performances was that of the 1977 International Contemporary Art Fair in Paris. On her exterior, she had a large photo of a torso on her chest. This was turned into a slot machine, where the audience could put a coin down the slot and watch it descend into the groin. As a reward, that audience member were given a kiss. She also displayed her sexual organs during menstruation under a magnifying glass for respective audience members to study.